Togas Tulandi, MD, MHCM, is a professor and the chair of obstetrics and gynecology, and Milton Leong Chair in Reproductive Medicine at McGill University. He is also chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at McGill University Health Center in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
ISGE June 2003 Volume 9 Issue 2
October 3rd 2011Suppose for instance, that last year, the chair of an organizing committee invites you to lecture at a meeting. You accept. You then assist this chair in organizing the program by inviting other speakers to the meeting. Two months before the meeting, the invitation for you to speak is withdrawn.
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ISGE October 2003 Volume 10 Issue 2
October 3rd 2011In minimally invasive surgery (MIS), complications can occur due to faulty instruments, surgical technique, or inadequate patient election. Surgeons who routinely perform MIS rarely encounter complications. Conversely, practicing gynecologists at large often find that certain procedures or techniques are not as safe as previously reported in the literature by the "experts." One of the reasons is that complications tend to be underreported.
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ISGE December 2001 Volume 8 Issue 2
October 3rd 2011The tragic events of September 11 have, to put it mildly, thrown many people off balance. On a somewhat secondary scale, our Society was affected. The 5th Regional Meeting of ISGE in conjunction with the 2nd Brazilian Congress of Gynecologic Endoscopy took place on September 12-15, 2001.
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The Association Between Infertility and Endometriosis and the Treatment
June 30th 2011Endometriosis is a gynecological disease affecting women in their reproductive years. The reported incidence of endometriosis among infertile women is 20-50%, and 39-59% among those with pelvic pain. This is in contrast to 15-18% incidental findings of endometriosis among women undergoing tubal sterilization. The question of whether endometriosis causes infertility has been a subject of debate for many years. In this review, the association between infertility and endometriosis and the treatment are discussed.
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